<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1205555, September 2014

A319 flight crew experiences an egpws terrain warning at 6;500 feet while on a night visual approach to las runway 25L from southeast of the airport. An immediate climb is initiated and the approach is continued to a normal landing.

Attributes
ACN	1205555
Time
Date	201409
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LAS.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach STAR KEPEC3
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 220 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 10000
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 234 Flight Crew Total 18800 Flight Crew Type 6300
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

On downwind to runway 25L at las we were cleared the visual approach. A left turn and descent was initiated toward the final approach course and while on dogleg to final a 'terrain; terrain' was issued by the GPWS. A climb was initiated and once clear of terrain by reference to the nd the approach was resumed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 Flight Crew experiences an EGPWS terrain warning at 6;500 feet while on a night visual approach to LAS Runway 25L from southeast of the airport. An immediate climb is initiated and the approach is continued to a normal landing.

Narrative: On downwind to runway 25L at LAS we were cleared the visual approach. A left turn and descent was initiated toward the final approach course and while on dogleg to final a 'terrain; terrain' was issued by the GPWS. A climb was initiated and once clear of terrain by reference to the ND the approach was resumed.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.